THE

WORKS

OF

FRANCIS BACON, ,

BARON OF VERULAM, VISCOUNT ST. ALBANS, AND

LORD HIGH CHANCELLOR OF ENGLAND.

Collected and edited

BY

ROBERT: LESTIE ELLIS wa

JAMES SPEDDING, M. A.

OF TRINITY COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE;
Ꭱ.

LATE FELLOW, DF, TRINITY COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE;

DOUGLAS DENON HEATH,
BARRISTER-AT-LAW; LATE FELLOW OF TRINTY PELLEGE DAMBRIDGE.

VOLUME XIV.

BEING

VOL. IV. OF THE LITERARY AND PROFESSIONAL WORKS.